The Portland daily press., 1887-03-17
A MAINE VESSEL LOST.
The Camden Schooner ). n. EeIls
Goes to Pieces.
All But Two Of the crew Drowned
The Attempts to Save Them Prove
Unsuccessful.

NORTH EASTMAN, Mass, March 16.-The
schooner reported last night ashore two
miles off the Nausett Live Saving Station, Is
the ]. A Eells of Camden, Maine, Capt
Wallace, from Perth Amboy for Boston, with
either pig iron or coal She lies on the outer
par and is fast going to pieces. The tug boat
Underwater Of Boston rescued two men
who were seen clinging to the foretop and
Dowsprit of the schooner and landed them at
Orleans. The rest Of the crew were drown
cd. The j. III. Eels was built in Camden in
lSSO,and is thus comparatively new schoon-
er. She was a vessel Of IA TONS and her
principal owner was j. N. Eells, for whom
she was named. The keeper of the Nausett
Life Saving Station reports her as having
passed in by there Monday afternoon, but
sne was unable to weather the Cape, and
proceeded down the shore as.far as Nausett
Harbor, where she struck, about two miles
south of the station. The schooner was
discovered about 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ing by the keeper, Capt. Knowles. who at
once set off in life boat with the crew. But
the sea being so rough nothing could be
done. Life lines were then fired to the yes
sci from the bluffs on the shore. Only three
reached the schooner, but the vessels crew
were SO exhausted that they were unable to
haul In the slack, and the lines were carried
adrift by the undertow and broken. Work
for the night was then suspended. Superin-
tendent Sparrow was on the scene when the
morning dawned. OF the five men that were
seen the day before, all had perished with
the exception of two in the foretop. They
were rescued about Z o'clock by boats
crew from the tug. The vessel is a total loss.
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, March 16-The
steam tug Underwater, Capt. Mcdonald, ar
rived today with Mate John Olsen and one
seaman Andrew Anderson, both of Norway,
belonging to schooner ]. H. Eells Of Rock
port, Me-, which vessel sailed from this port
last Sunday night, with cargo Of iron from
New York for Boston. Olsen states they
had fine weather ito Highland Light, when
they encountered a violent northeast snow
storm, which blew away the jib, and they
were obliged to put the vessel before the
gale and run back on Nantucket shoals un-
der close-reefed sails. The vessel labored
hard and leaked badly. The captain, finding
the pumps unable to keep her free, and to
RAS'SHe hOA iohh oiuhllis, ran HcI douOI6 on
sand bar about three miles south of Nau.
sett Light. Soon after the vessel struck
everything movable was washed from the
deck by the heavy seas, and the crew were
obliged to take to the rigging. At dark, on
the 10Th, Capt. Fred Wallace, of Rockport,
Me-, lashed himself to the forestry, but at
daylight this morning nothing could be seen
OF him, he having been washed away during
the night. The cock, belonging lin Rock
land, Me-, name unknown, was lashed to the
foremasthead, but died at O'Clock last night
from exposure. The two seamen saved man
agedto keep from freezing by pounding each
other until daylight. The Underwater was
from Boston for this port. She arrived at
the wreck at o'clock this morning, and i'm
mediately sent boats crew, who succeeded
with great difficulty in rescuing the two sea-
men who were alive, but on account of the
high sea running were unable to rescue the
body Of the cook lashed in the rigging. The
two men saved were badly frost-bitten, and
were taken to the marine hospital for treat
ment The vessel will probably be total
loss,